'Doctor Who' Christmas Special has been watched!

[arabian]

Thoughts on the Christmas episode of Doctor Who.

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[sunnytyler001]

I fell asleep during that episode XD
Also: continuity & Moffat? The man doesn't know that word. Remember The Girl in the fireplace!
Also, we know now for sure he never watched "Father's day"... "DON't TOUCH THE BABY!", anyone? I was waiting for the reapers to appear... but nope, nothing!
And yeah, when Dumbeldore asked the Doctor about one last day with his true love and then when I saw the Doctor sad look, I thought "OMG!ROSE!" But then, I remembered it was written by Evil!Wizard!Moffat and... you know what he thinks about Rosie... (So, most likely, Eleven was thinking about Marilyn/Reinette/River/Romana/Gallifrey...)
But yeah, Amy/Rory were sweet. Not enough lines...
Actually, I felt like this episode was The Girl in the fireplace II... with Dumbeldore as Reinette and Amy & Rory as Rose & Mickey... Except here, the Doctor REMEMBERS he has companions (as Moffat likes HIS characters a bit more than he liked RTD's characters) *sighs*

[arabian]

I fell asleep during that episode

Wow! Yeah.

Also: continuity & Moffat?

Yeah, continuity has always been his weakest point, in my opinion.

Actually, I felt like this episode was The Girl in the fireplace II... with Dumbeldore as Reinette and Amy & Rory as Rose & Mickey... Except here, the Doctor REMEMBERS he has companions (as Moffat likes HIS characters a bit more than he liked RTD's characters) *sighs*

Very, very good point. I can see it. :Nods:

[salienne]

I didn't mind the Doctor's cluelessness so much this time, mainly because I can buy Eleven failing at something Ten and Nine did. I mean, when Amy was sobbing because Rory died, he had no clue what to do.

That said... yeah, plot holes and silliness galore. The bullshit with women was what bothered me the most this time (Women existing as their own people and not for men, women having agency? What are these silly things you speak of?)--typical freakin' Moffat.

(Recommented for typo)

[arabian]

Yeah, I can see that sorta being Eleven's thing, I guess.

But this: plot holes and silliness galore. The bullshit with women was what bothered me the most this time (Women existing as their own people and not for men, women having agency? What are these silly things you speak of?)--typical freakin' Moffat.

Uhm, yeah!

[ruby_caspar]

And what age were Abigail's family meant to be?? Her sister looked about 40, and if Abigail was frozen when the kid was younger than 13, she would have been frozen for at least 50 years, so her sister should have been Michael Gambon's age at least. And they went and visited them and they were the same age! Had they gone into the future...?? It was just so confusing, and like you say so full of plot-holes.

Upsides were Katherine Jenkins actually being a decent actress (a lovely surprise), Marilyn Monroe mentions (stupid but they made me giggle) and Amy and Rory in costume. But yeah, not great.

[arabian]

Yes, yes, yes, it's just all a bunch of WTF? questions once you actually start thinking about it. That to me (aside from character discontinuity from RTD's stuff during series 1-4) is Moffat's biggest flaw.

Upsides were Katherine Jenkins actually being a decent actress (a lovely surprise), Marilyn Monroe mentions (stupid but they made me giggle) and Amy and Rory in costume. But yeah, not great.

Ditto. :)

[corpsebride05]

Seconded!

[corpsebride05]

Breath-takingly Gorgeous! Your the twentieth person to notice!

[corpsebride05]

I respectfully disagree!

I thought it was achingly Beautiful!

[arabian]

I know you loved it, and I'm sure the majority are with you, but I was bored and it had a lot of eye-rolling moments for me. And like I said, my sister who's never watched Who, walked away, apologizing to me because she was so bored. :(